March 10, 2016
The Unmaking of: Stories of the Greatest Films Never Made
Sean Axmaker in Film History
The "making of" documentary has become a lively subgenre of nonfiction filmmaking, thanks in large part to the explosion of home video and the proliferation of cable channels in the…...
March 04, 2016
Documentaries for Movie Geeks: Films About Films
Scott Weinberg in Behind the Films
Once you've watched a beloved movie two or three times, you start to crave a little more information about the film's conception, production, and cultural impact, among other things. So…...
March 03, 2016
Update on Fihi from In Football We Trust
Craig Phillips in Where Are They Now?
Those who saw the Independent Lens film In Football We Trust will remember one of the four student-athletes featured in the film, "Fihi" Kaufusi, who was trying to fight through a…...
February 25, 2016
June Cross Tells the Story of a Family Fighting HIV in South Carolina
Craig Phillips in Interviews
June Cross, who has two national Emmys and two duPont-Columbia Journalism Awards to her credit and is the founder of the Documentary Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism,…...
February 23, 2016
African Americans Hit Hardest by HIV in the South
Lisa Ko in Beyond the Films
While HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence to the same extent it was 20 years ago, 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with HIV each year, and the disparities are startling…...
February 23, 2016
Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe Capture an FBI Informant
Craig Phillips in Interviews
To do a film about an undercover FBI anti-terror sting is already tricky territory to navigate, but filmmakers Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe infiltrated even deeper. In (T)ERROR, they gained unprecedented…...
February 20, 2016
Take this Quiz on the War on Terror
Craig Phillips in Test Your Knowledge
Everything changed in the United States on September 11, 2001. While in the aftermath of those attacks much of the focus in what President George W. Bush called the "War on Terror" was…...
February 19, 2016
A Former FBI Agent Talks About Handling Informants
Craig Phillips in Beyond the Films
Since 2009, paid FBI informants have played a central role in nearly 50% of all domestic terrorism cases. Informants, who can earn up to $100,000 per case, are instructed to…...
February 19, 2016
A Ballerina’s Tale: A Young, Naive Ballerina Pays Her Dues
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February 16, 2016
The Black Panthers: Women in the Black Panthers
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February 16, 2016
The Black Panthers: Free Breakfast Program
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February 16, 2016
The Black Panthers: Black Panther Style
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